Jewel box



y 1935- L H. RANKIN 2,009,905

JEWEL BOX Filed Mar ch 8, 1952 LeeHRanRi/w Patented July 30, 1935 UNITEDSTATES PATENT", OFFICE- JEWEL BOX Lee H; Rankin, J ohnstown, Pa;Application March18, 1932, Serial No; 597,595

i 10 Claims.

My invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in abox or receptacleand more particularly to a box or receptacle in whichjewels or similararticles may beplaced for safe keeping and only 1 opened for the removalof the articles by a person knowing the required movements ormanipulations to release the locking mechanism.

The principal object of the present invention resides in the provisionof a box or receptacle of the character described including keylesslocking mechanism, the mechanism being released by placing thereceptacle or box in different positions and moving certain parts onerelative to the other.

Another object of the invention consists in forming the box orreceptacle of two parts, one

of which is adapted for movement relative to the other and providingmeans for normally looking the parts against relative movement, thelocking means being released by placing the box or receptacle indifferent successive positions and. then moving the'parts one relativeto the other.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention consists in the novel detailsofconstruction" and arrangement of parts described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and while Ihave illustrated and" described the preferred embodiments of .theinvention, as they now appear tome, it will 'beund'erstood that suchchanges may be made as will fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

. In the drawing:-

Fig. 1' is a top plan.

Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical section on the line"2-,2 of Fig. 1looking in the direction of the arrows. L

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, iniinverted'position; showing the initialmovement'of one section of the box or receptacle relative to the other.

Fig. 4 is a top plan showing'the initial relative movement of thesections; and

Fig. 5 is a top plan showing the sections moved into open position.

' In the drawing I indicates the bottom section and! the top section ofmy improved form of box or receptacle. Secured'to and carried by thebottom section I are the" upwardly extending studs or'projections- 3 and4 having the" outer ends enlarged to provide the heads 5 forapurpose'which will be later apparent. The upper section 2 is provided,at one end, with the relatively short elongated slot or recessS and atits opposite-end is provided with therelatively long elongated slot orrecess 1', these slots or recessesfi and I receivmg the studs orprojections3 and 4' as quite clear 1y illustrated in the drawing withthe heads 5 of said studs or projections overlying the sidesofrthe'slots or recesses and the. upper face of the top section 2,v asshown more particularly in Fig; 1. of the drawing. Inthe normalpositionsof the sections I and 2. the stud or projection 3 will be received atthe inner endof the slot or recess-6 while the stud or projection: 4:Will -be: positioned intermediatethe ends of the slot or recess hasshown more. particularly in Fig.1: of the drawing. The bottom section Iis provided initsupper surface, adjacent one end, with the recess wandadjacent its oppositeend with a recess {and intermediate these recessesis providedwith' elongated recess II! which is normally in alignmentwitha similarly elongated recess I-I'formed in the bottonrof the topsection 2 The top'- sec.- tion 2 is also'provided in its under surface;adjacent one end of the recess I l, witha recess I2 and adjacent theopposite end of the recess II is provided with a recess I3, the recessI-2 ','with the parts'inrtheir normal position, being inialignme'n'twith the recess :8 in the bottom section while tfie recess I3: will'beout of alignment with the recess 9", as shown: more particularly in Fig,2 of the drawing. vAs shown the recess 8-is somewhat more shallow thanthe recess I2 whereas the recess 9 isof greater'depth than the recess I3for a pur- DOSB'iWhiCh-Wlll be later apparent. A lockingpin I4 isnormally received within the recess 8' with a. portion: projecting intothe recess I2 and a'loeking pin I5 is normally received within therecess9,,thispin I5 being of a length cor-responding to the depth of therecess 9* but of greater length than the depth of the'recess I3.

j The parts are normally in the positionsshown iii-Figs. 1' and: 2. ofthe drawing, vertical-separation. of; the sections- I and 2 beingprevented by theaheads. 5-on1 the studs or projections 3 and I,longitudinalimovement of the sections one rela-. tive to the other beingprevented by the" locking pin. It, and swinging movement of one section. relative'to the other being prevented by-the studs orprojections 3and-l4 received: in the-slots or'recesses G'Lan'd: I. Jewels orothenarti'clesdeposited for safe. keeping will be positionedrwitliin thepocket formed by'the recesses III-and I I= and when itis clesiredtoremove'the jewelsor other articles the-box or receptacle will beinverted to the positionshown in Fig. 3 of thedrawingi'and thismovementwillcause the locking pin I4 to-drop into the recess I2 whichisof suflicient depth td receive the entire' pin. when-thus positionedthe normal topsection 2 may be slid longitudinally into the positionshown in Fig. 3 to bring the recess l3 into alignment with the recess 9.When this is done the locking pin l5 Will-drop into the recess I3 and asthe recess I3 is not of sufiicient depth to receive the entire pin aportion of the pin will project into the recess 9, as shown in Fig. 3,and prevent further longitudinal movement of the section 2 relative tothe section I. This initial sliding movement of the section 2 relativeto the section I does not entirely release the pin or projection 3 fromthe recess 6 and this prevents swinging movement of the section 2relative to the section I. To further release the section 2 the box orreceptacle is again turned into its original position and this movementallows the locking pin 15 to again drop into the recess 9 so that thesection 2 may be further slid longi tudinally relative to the section Iuntil the inner end of the slot or recess 1 engages the stud or projection 4. During this sliding movement of the section 2 relative to thesection .I the locking pin Mwill be held in the recess I 2 due to thefact that the outer end of the pin rides over the upper surface of thebottom section I. After the section 2 has been slid to the position justdescribed it may be swung relative to the section I, to the positionshown in Fig. 5, and the jewels or other articles may be removed fromthe pocket or more particularly the recess Ii). To relock thebox orreceptacle the movements are reversed.

From the above it will be seen that I have provided a novel form of boxor receptacle for safely storing jewels orthe like, a box or re ceptaclewhich does not, have any key locking mechanism and a box or receptaclewhich may be readily locked or unlocked by manipulation of the parts inva manner known only to the person or persons entitled to gain accessthereto.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: a "l. A receptacle of the characterdescribed including top and bottom sections, means normally positionedto lock the sections against movement one relative to the other, saidlocking means being released by inverting the receptacle to permitinitial longitudinal movement of one section relative to the other, andmeans for locking the sections in said initially moved position, saidlast mentioned locking means being released upon returning thereceptacle to its normal position to permit further longitudinalmovementof one section relative to the other.

2. A receptacle of the character described including top and bottomsections, means normally positioned to lock the sections againstmovement one relative to the other, said locking means being released byinverting the receptacle to permit initial longitudinal movement of onesection relative to the other, and means for locking the sections insaid initially moved position, said last mentioned locking means beingreleased upon returning the receptacle to its normal position to permitfurther longitudinal and swinging movement of one section relative tothe other.

3. A receptacle of the character described including a bottom sectionhaving longitudinally spaced recesses in its inner face, a top sectionhaving longitudinally spaced recesses in its inner face, one recess ofthe bottom section being normally in alignment with one recess of thetop section while the other recess of, the bottom section is out ofalignment with the other recess of the top. section, a locking pinnormally positioned in the aligned recesses for preventing longitudinalmovement of the sections one relative to the other, and a locking pinnormally received in the other recess of the bottom section, said firstmentioned locking pin being adapted for movement when the receptacle isinverted to permit an initial longitudinal movement of the sections, onerelative to the other, to bring the recesses in the top and bottomsections, which are normally out of alignment into alignment, to permitthe looking pin normally received in the recess of the bottom section todrop into the aligned recess of the top section and intersect themeeting faces of the sections to prevent further longitudinal movementof the sections one relative to the other, said last mentioned lockingpin being released to permit further movement of the sections onerelative to the other when the receptacle is returned to its normalposition.

4. A receptacle of the character described including a bottom sectionhaving longitudinally spaced recesses in its inner face, a top sectionhaving longitudinally spaced recesses in its inner face, one recess ofthe bottom section being normally in alignment with one recess of thetop section while the other recess of the bottom section is out ofalignment with the other recess of the top section, a locking pinnormally positioned in the aligned recesses for preventing longitudinalmovement of the sections one relative to the other,- a locking pinnormally received in the other recess of the bottom section, said firstmentioned locking pin being adapted for movement when the receptacle isinverted to permit an initial longitudinal movement of the sections, onerelative to the other, to bring the recesses in the top and bottomsections, which are normally out of alignment into alignment, to permitthe looking pin normally received in the recess of the bottom section todrop into the aligned recess of the top section and intersect themeeting faces of the sections to prevent further longitudinal movementof the sections one relative to the other, said last mentioned lockingpin being released to permit further movement of the sections onerelative to the other when the receptacle is returned to its normalposition, and means carried by one section and engageable with the othersection to prevent facewise separation of the sections.

5. A receptacle of the character described including top and bottomsections, one of said sections having recesses extending inwardly fromopposite ends thereof, projections carried by the other section andoperable in the recesses, said projections being formed and adapted toprevent facewise separation of the sections but permitting longitudinalmovement of one section relative to the other, and means for normallyholding the sectionsagainst longitudinal movement, said means beingreleased by turning the recep tacle upside down. l

6. A receptacle of the character described including topand bottomsections, one of said sections having recesses extending inwardly fromopposite ends thereof, projections carried by the other section andoperable in the recesses, said projections being formed and adapted topre- Vent facewise separation of the, sections but permittinglongitudinal movement of one section relative to the other, means fornormally holding the sections against longitudinal movement, said meansbeing released by reversing the position of the receptacle to permitinitial longitudinal movement of one section relative to the other whilemaintaining the projections of theme section in the recesses of theother section, and means for locking the sections in said initiallymoved position, said last mentioned locking means being released uponreturning the receptacle to its normal position to permit furtherlongitudinal movement of one section relative to the other and movingone of the projections entirely from its recess to permit swingingmovement of the one section relative to the other.

7. A receptacle of the character described formed of sections adaptedfor movement of one relative to the other, and a pair of members one ofwhich is normally positioned to lock the sections against relativemovement but adapted to be released by turning the receptacle upsidedown to permit an initial longitudinal movement of one section relativeto the other, the other member occupying a position to arrest saidinitial movement, and said last mentioned member being released topermit a further longitudinal movement of the one section relative tothe other by returning the receptacle to its normal position.

8. A receptacle of the character described formed of sections adaptedfor movement of one relative to the other, and a pair of members one ofwhich is normally positioned to lock the sections against relativemovement but adapted to be released by turning the receptacle upsidedown to permit an initial longitudinal movement of one section relativeto the other, the other mem-' ber occupying a position to arrest saidinitial movement, and said last mentioned member being released topermit a further lorgitudinal and swinging movement of the one sectionrelative to the other by returning the receptacle to its normalposition.

9. A receptacle of the character described formed of sections adaptedfor movement of one relative to the other, and a pair of pinscooperating with recesses in the sections for locking the sectionsagainst relative movement, one of the pins being normally positioned inaligned recesses in the sections to intersect the meeting faces of thesections while the other pin is normally received in a recess of onesection out of alignment with a recess in the other section, the firstmentioned pin being positioned so as not to intersect the meeting facesof the sections by turning the receptacle upside down and permittirg; aninitial longitudinal movement of one section relative to the other, saidmovement being limited by the second mentioned pin entering the recessnormally out of alignment therewith to intersect the meeting faces ofthe sections, and the second mentioned pin being returned to its initialposition by turning the receptacle to its original position andpermitting further longitudinal movement of the one section relative tothe other.

10. A receptacle of the character described formed of sections adaptedfor movement of one relative to the other, and a pair of pinscoopcrating with recesses in the sections for locking the sectionsagainst relative movement, one of the pins being normally positioned inaligned recesses in the sections to intersect the meeting faces of thesections While the other pin is normally received in a recess of onesection out of alignment with a recess in the other section, the firstmentioned pin beingp'ositioned so as not to intersect the meeting facesof the sections by turning the receptacleupside down and permitting aninitial longitudinal movement of one section relative to the other, saidmovement being limited by the second mentioned pin entering the recessnormally out of alignment therewith to intersect the meeting faces ofthe sections, and the second mentioned pin being returned to its initialposition by turning'the receptacle to its original position andpermitting further 1ongitudinal and swinging movement of the one sectionrelative to the other.

LEE H. RANKIN.

